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Featherweight · 2026

Best Featherweight Takedown Defense

Best stuffing wrestlers — highest percentage of opponent takedowns blocked.

Fernando Padilla leads the featherweight TD Def board at 100% opp. takedowns blocked , followed by Jose Aldo (92%) and Kevin Vallejos (90%) .

Top 25 active featherweight fighters by career-window TD Def. · See full featherweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Fernando Padilla
    2-2-0 4 fights #57
    100%
  2. 2
    Jose Aldo
    14-9-0 23 fights #14
    92%
  3. 3
    Kevin Vallejos
    4-0-0 4 fights #9
    90%
  4. 4
    Gabriel Santos
    2-2-0 4 fights #49
    88%
  5. 5
    Sean Woodson
    7-2-1 10 fights #22
    87%
  6. 6
    Morgan Charriere
    3-3-0 6 fights #40
    83%
  7. 7
    Steve Garcia
    8-3-0 11 fights #16
    80%
  8. 8
    Jamall Emmers
    5-4-0 9 fights #48
    80%
  9. 9
    John Castaneda
    4-4-1 9 fights #42
    78%
  10. 10
    Jean Silva
    6-1-0 7 fights #6
    78%
  11. 11
    Yizha
    1-3-0 4 fights #72
    78%
  12. 12
    William Gomis
    5-2-0 7 fights #24
    78%
  13. 13
    Calvin Kattar
    7-8-0 15 fights #35
    77%
  14. 14
    Bogdan Grad
    1-2-0 3 fights #61
    75%
  15. 15
    Diego Lopes
    7-3-0 10 fights #8
    74%
  16. 16
    Jack Shore
    6-3-0 9 fights #27
    74%
  17. 17
    Jeongyeong Lee
    2-2-0 4 fights #60
    74%
  18. 18
    Muhammad Naimov
    5-2-0 7 fights #31
    74%
  19. 19
    Nathaniel Wood
    11-3-0 14 fights #10
    73%
  20. 20
    Daniel Santos
    4-2-0 6 fights #30
    73%
  21. 21
    Danny Silva
    3-1-0 4 fights #37
    73%
  22. 22
    Arnold Allen
    12-3-0 15 fights #5
    73%
  23. 23
    Ramon Taveras
    1-2-0 3 fights #64
    73%
  24. 24
    Cub Swanson
    16-10-0 26 fights #18
    73%
  25. 25
    Nate Landwehr
    5-6-0 11 fights #51
    72%
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Jun 20, 2026.